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- O. F. MITCHELL.

BILLIARD QUE.

No. 310,456. Patented Jan. 6, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Trice.

OLIVER F. MITCHELL, OF MERRILL, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO \VILLIAM I-I. SWVINHART, OF SAME PLACE.

BlLLlARD-CUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310A56, dated January 6, 1885.

Application filed July 15, 1884.

To aZZ whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER F. MrTcnnLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merrill, in the countyof Lincoln and State of \Visconsin, haveinvented new and useful Imp rovements in Billiard-Cues, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its objects to provide novel means for connecting the leather tip with the handle of a cue for playing billiards.

The invention consists in a one having two tcnons at one end of diiferent diameters, the one of the least diameter projecting from the other, combined with a ferrule having adja cent to one end an internal annular flange to constitute a central orifice to receive the end of the smaller tenon, and a projecting rim beyond such flange to form a socket for receiving the leather tip.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation of the end of a billiard-cue constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal central sectional view of the same; Fig. 3, adetachedlongitudinal sectional viewof the ferrule-socket for the tip; Fig. 4, a detached elevation of the leather ti p; Fig. 5, a sectional View of a part of a cue, showing the ferrule-socket and a modified construction of the tip providing the air-chamber; and Fig. (3, a bottom plan View of the tip shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, the number 1 in dicates the wooden one or handle, having at one end the tenon 2, from the extremity of which projects the tenon 3, of smaller diameter, the two tenons' thus forming two shoulders, i and 5. The tubular metallic ferrulesocket 6' is constructed at a short distance from one end, on its interior, with an inwardly-projecting surrounding flange, 7, having straight inner and outer surfaces, 8 and 9, this construction creating a central orifice, 10, and a surrounding rim, 11, at the outer end of the ferrule, which is preferably beveled on its inside, as at 12, to a thin edge, but which may be straight and of the same thickness as the metal composing the wall of the ferrule. The ferrule-socket is secured upon (No model.)

the larger tenon 2, with its inner edge abut- 5o ting the shoulder at to bring its outer surface flush with the exterior of the one or handle 1, and the smaller tenon 3 accurately fits the oriflee 10, the length of such tenon exactly equaling the thickness of the flange 7, so as to bring 5 5 the outer surface, 9, of such flange flush with the extremity of the tenon 3, the surfaces of the flange, tenon and rim thus constituting a socket to receive the base of the leather tip 13, which is of the usual rounded or hemi- 6o spherical shape on its exterior. The base of the tip is in the form of a shank, 12L, conforming to the shape of the socket, and rests upon the outer surface, 9, of the flange and the eX- tremity of the tenon 3, projecting through the orifice 10. The shank may be solid, but is preferably in the form of a surrounding rim or flange, 15, so as to create an air-chamber, 16, for the purpose of increasing the elasticity of the tip, and thereby aiiording facility for the execution of different shots in playing bil liards and similar games. The inner surface,

. 8, of the flange 7 affords a bearing for the ferrule against the outer end of the larger tenon 2, while the inner end of the ferrule abuts the shoulder 4, thus affording efficient means for steadying the ferrule and the socket with the walls formed by the outer surface of the flange. The extremity of the smaller tenon and rim of the ferrule beyond theflange providea broad hearing for the base of the tip and efficient means for securing the tip in position, so that its surrounding edge is protected against abrasion or injury.

The ferrule may be composed of metal ,bone, ivory, wood, or any suitable substance, and may be secured upon the tenon 2 by cement or a transverse rivet, pin, or otherwise, and the tip is secured in its socket by a cement.

The rim or flange on the base of the tip for 0 creating the air-chamber between the wooden end of the small tenon and the head proper of the tip, may be formed integral with said tip, or it may be of some material either the same or different from the tip and attached thereto by cement or other means.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A eue hzwing at one end two teuons of I11testimonywhereofIharvehereuntosebmy different diameters, in eombinutionwitha i'erhand in the presence of two suhserlblng Wit- IO rule having near one end an inward1y-pr0 nesses.

jecting flan 'e 7, and a, rim be 011d saidflange,

the eXtremi Ey of the smaller {Yemen fitting the Mn GHELL' erifiee in the flange, and a tip secured in the Vitnesses:

end of the ferrule upon the flange, substau- GEO. HAYWOOD, J1",

tially as described. Emsrm L. BUMP. 

